Thomas A. Cobden

1792 – Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Downpatrick, Co. Down

Architect: Charles Lilly / William Farrell / Welland & Gillespie,

The cathedral incorporates parts of the 13th-century church of the Benedictine Abbey of Down.

1818 – Braganza House, Carlow, Co. Carlow

Architect: Thomas A. Cobden

Originally built for Col. Sir Dudley Hill by Thomas A. Cobden, later the architect of the nearby Roman Catholic Cathedral.

1820s – Gatehouse, St. Patrick’s College, Carlow

Architect: Thomas A. Cobden

Gatehouse, presumed to have been designed by Cobden who designed much of the college buildings.

1830 – Duckett’s Grove, Carlow, Co. Carlow

Architect: Thomas A. Cobden / John Macduff Derick

In his book A Guide to Irish Country Houses Mark Bence-Jones describes Duckett’s Grove as a “square house of two and three storeys,

1833 – Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, Co. Carlow

Architect: Thomas A. Cobden

The construction of Carlow Cathedral started in 1826 under the supervision of the architect Joseph Lynch who was succeeded by the architect Thomas Cobden in 1829 who changed the design.

1840 – St Michael’s Church, Portarlington, Co. Laois

Architect: Thomas A. Cobden / T.F. McNamara

Mainly attributed to Thomas A. Cobden on the basis that the parish priest of the time of construction was the administrator of Carlow during the construction of the cathedral there.

1841 – Browne-Clayton Monument, Carrigbyrne, Co. Wexford

Architect: Thomas A. Cobden

Started in 1839 by General Robert Browne-Clayton as a memorial to his late commander Sir Ralph Abercromby,